Effects of active and passive recovery on performance during repeated-sprint swimming

• Published in: Journal of sports sciences Vol. 26; no. 14; pp. 1497 - 1505
• Main Authors: Toubekis, Argyris G., Peyrebrune, Michael C., Lakomy, Henryk K. A., Nevill, Mary E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.12.2008; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: active recovery; Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; fatigue; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Lactic Acid - blood; Male; passive recovery; Physical Endurance - physiology; Recovery of Function - physiology; repeated sprints; Sprint swimming; Swimming - physiology; Task Performance and Analysis; Vertebrates: body movement. Posture. Locomotion. Flight. Swimming. Physical exercise. Rest. Sports; Young Adult; Human; passive recovery; Sport; Fatigue; Swimming; Sprint swimming; active recovery; Recovery; repeated sprints

The effect of active and passive recovery on repeated-sprint swimming bouts was studied in eight elite swimmers. Participants performed three trials of two sets of front crawl swims with 5 min rest between sets. Set A consisted of four 30-s bouts of high-intensity tethered swimming separated by 30 s...